Eagle vs Shark

Name: Eagle vs Shark
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 2007
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Loren Taylor, Jemaine Clement, Joel Tobeck, Brian Sergent, Craig Hall

Taika Waititi20071h 33mRomance, Comedy

Why we chose it

Taika Waititi made his feature debut straight after his Oscar nomination for a short, and it’s an eccentric romantic comedy for nerds whose jokes carry echoes of “Napoleon Dynamite”. As it turns out, a hipster love story can cure just about anything.

Synopsis

Lily works the counter at a fast-food joint in Wellington and writes songs nobody ever hears, while Jarrod, who sells video games, has no idea she exists. When he throws a party where everyone has to come dressed as an animal, she turns up as a shark and he arrives as an eagle. Suddenly, something shifts.